The African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project teams held a series of meetings in Nairobi, Kenya, on 4-11 December 2015, to plan for on-station and on-farm chicken breed trials and to discuss ways of partnering with similar projects in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Tanzania. Continue reading
Tadelle Dessie of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), who leads the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project and Negussie Dana and Wondmenh Esatu from the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) have been honoured by the Ethiopian Government for their seminal work on genetic improvement of Ethiopian indigenous chickens’ egg productivity. Continue reading
Elise Norberg, senior scientist at Aarhus University and capacity building specialist, introduces herself and her work with the program. It is one of a series of portraits of key people in Africa Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG). Continue reading
Getnet Seleke, livestock research coordinator at the Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute, introduces himself and his work in this one of a series of portraits of key people in Africa Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG). Continue reading
Fadhili Guni works at the Tanzania Livestock Research Institute (TALIRI) as head of poultry unit. He introduces himself and his work in this one of a series of portraits of key people in the Africa Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) program. Continue reading
Johan van Arendonk, professor of breeding and genetics at Wageningen University, introduces himself and his work in this one of a series of portraits of key people in Africa Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) program. Continue reading
The African Chicken Genetic Gains program recently hosted a one-week training course (28 September-2 October 2015) in Addis Ababa. Two teachers and two students were interviewed to give us impressions of the objectives of the course, their involvement in it and what could come out of it. Continue reading
An advanced course on ‘Design and implementation of breeding programs for smallholder poultry farmers’ by the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 27 September to 2 October 2015, at the ILRI campus. Continue reading
On 22 July 2015 the ACGG project was officially launched in Nigeria in the presence of government officials and key stakeholders in the Nigerian chicken value chain. The event promoted the nutritional value of eggs and recommended ‘one egg per day per person’. Continue reading
The Africa Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project was launched on 5 August 2015 on the premises of the Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (EIAR), following the first innovation platform meeting which was run by the PICO-Eastern Africa team on 3-4 August in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Continue reading
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